Creative Agencies

Lifestyle

Outdoor

Skate

Snow

Streetwear

Surf

Creative Director / Senior Designer

Creative & Design

20 years experience in apparel design and creative direction. Working with both small brands and larger global brands has given me the opportunity to experience many facets of product design and creative development. Approaching each new project with a balanced sense of reality and unlimited possibility I seek to create products and ideas that will find resounding harmony within the surroundings.

After four years of living in the Los Angeles area I made the move back to the mountains and my roots in Mammoth Lakes Ca. Here I have continued to work with Mage Design as my primary client, visiting LA and Vermont often while also branching out to other clients in order to start a full service design studio based in the mountains. During this time I have had the privilege to work with multiple brands such as Dragon, Naklin, Modular Design Theory, Creative Accents and Atreebutes providing creative direction. branding, marketing, graphic, print and product design.

Senior Design & Creative direction for men's streetwear fashion brand, SLVDR, as well as technical outerwear brands Bonfire & Sessions MFG. All work done remotely on contract. 

Senior designer

Hired on at Mage Design in 2007 to fulfill the primary roll of senior designer for Burton Outerwear and supporting the apparel and layering programs. Working closely with the in-house Creative Director, Merchandiser and production teams I was responsible for much of the creative input into the brand, especially in the soft goods categories. I have had the privilege to work on signature designs for specialty team riders, including the Shaun White collection, Addidas Originals, as well as two rounds of Olympic team uniforms. It is always a team effort in a corporation that large and I am proud to see many of my original designs and ideas come to life, true to inspiration. While at Mage Design I have also had the privilege to work on various projects including trend forecasting, creative direction and product design for a number of brands including Burton, Analog, Spy Optics, Quicksilver, Emerica, Etnies, IVI, Fox Racing, Ronix, 100% and Hall of Fame.

Senior Designer

Contracting through Mage Design, a creative design studio based in Los Angeles Ca, I was assigned the roll of Senior Designer for Analog Outerwear. Working with the in-house staff at Analog we had a great time finding fresh and unexpected ways of bringing inspiration and innovation to the snowboard world. Progression and design risks are a hallmark of the Analog brand as well as exploration in technical function. I also worked one season on Analog's A.T.F program, bringing street wear style to the harsh elements of snowboarding.

Working alongside my brother as he started and operated a snowboard outerwear brand based in Mammoth Lakes Ca. In the beginning I worked on graphic design before graduating into print design, web sight design, technical outerwear design, apparel design, product development, team management, marketing management and finally creative direction.

Nathan Gilreath is a Creative Director / Senior Designer at The Progressive Nature Design Studio in Tehachapi, CA.

Nathan Gilreath

Nathan Gilreath

Skills

Interests

Industries

Activity